Many Roads to Mantua: Northern Italy, January 1797
A Snappy Nappy Campaign in a Day event, based upon the Rivoli Campaign
The relatively unknown French General, Naploeone Buonaparte, burst upon the world scene with his rapid conquest of Northern Italy in then Spring of 1796, culminating in the siege of the great fortress of Mantua. Three Austrian attempts to relieve the siege have failed by the narrowest of margins. The garrison there is beset by disease and starvation, and cannot hold out much longer. Both the French and the Austrians know that the fourth and final attempt to relieve the siege will decide the fate of Northern Italy, and perhaps the War of the Second Coalition against revolutionary France.
Where: The Portal, Manchester, CT When: Saturday, October 16, 10 AM – 5 PM
Rules: Snappy Nappy, by Russ Lockwood GM: Peter Anderson, MD – contact Gonsalvo@aol.com
The event will be played across multiple tables with multiple players each commanding roughly a Division of troops. Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic,. We ask that all players be fully immunized against COVID (honor system), and due to the delta variant, the wearing of masks is strongly encouraged (required if required by The Portal or the State of Connecticut at the time of event).
Event limited to 11 players and 2 alternates, also due to infection control issues.
Nice theater map. Good luck with the day!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Joe!
DeleteMap is from this excellent site (there are posts covering each phase of the 1796 - 1787 Campaign in Northern Italy):
http://www.napoleonsims.com/blog/post011.htm
I'll be looking forward to reading the account!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I think it should be interesting to see how it plays out!
DeleteGood luck for the day
ReplyDeleteThanks; hopefully the Delta wave will be on the downswing by then!
DeleteOoh, this should be a good read! I observed a game of Snappy Nappy in NZ and enjoyed it a lot.
ReplyDeleteSN really shines for these kinds of events!
DeleteBeen ages since I used Snappy Nappy and not seen much reporting of them, look forward to seeing them used as designed to be.
ReplyDeleteI think this should be a very nice sized campaign, and one that others might easily run in the future. The overall map and tables should be essentially the same for any of the 4 attempts to relieve Mantua as well.
DeleteOh, one of my favorite campaigns! Looking forward to reading the campaign report.
ReplyDeleteWhen we were looking for a smaller event to run due to Pandemic issues, the later part of Boney's 1st Campaign in Italy came readily to mind. Anyone else old enough to remember "Wurmser's 2nd Offensive" from the old NEWA Courier?
DeleteAnyway, once I got into the weeds, my participation as General B. in your Rivoli extravaganza made the decision easy. Much of the work on OOB's was already done, and I have a pretty good idea as to the layout of the Rivoli Table as well! :-)
Can’t wait to see this play out Peter.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Carlo - it's always interesting!
DeleteLooking forward to hearing how this goes!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks, Iain; me too!
DeleteSounds like another top scenario Peter. You may have said this already (apologies if I missed it), how many games are you planning for this Historicon?
ReplyDeleteRegards, James
There will be a "Historicon" post as soon as the PEL publishes (Preliminary Events Listing), but 5 games - Fuentes de Onoro with FoB3, three games with TS! (Ramses II vs. Libyans/Canaanites, then Sea Peoples invasion, then Kadesh), and a Sunday AM Renaissance Galley game with my 15 mm Galleys and modified "Galleys and Galleons" rules.
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